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Hershey Herself

by Cecilia Galante · 2008

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I walk up the back steps and then stand there, waiting for the goosebumps on my arms to go away. They don't. I almost don't go in. But then I think of Baby Ella. And Mom. I push open the door....

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When twelve-year-old Hershey must run away with her mother to a women's shelter, she wonders how, among other things, she'll compete in the town talent show with her best friend, Phoebe; who will take care of her cat, Augustus Gloop; and if she'll survive being on a new bus route with her sworn enemy.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultmiddle gradechildrens
Length
medium · 336 pages

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